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Hard back with DJ. Davud McKay Co. pages inc index. Some small nicks to DJ and inscrition to previous owner on ffep. Otherwise in good condition for its age. " At the turn of the century Mr Steward's maternal grandfather, Lynn Lyster, was writing his Ballads of the Veld-land, about South Africa's heroes. His paternal grandfather, Sir William Steward, was a newspaper proprietor and Speaker in the New Zealand Parliament: as an elder staesman of the British Empire he attended the national convention in Bloemfontein, which preceded the creation of the Union of South Africa in . Me steward grew up on a sugar plantation in Zululand. After attending one of South Africa's best-known schools, Hilton College, he joined Johannesburg's Rand daily Mail as a reporter at the age of seventeen in . During the war he was transferred from the armed forces to an information post in the South African foreign service in nairobi kenya. In he was a member of the South African delegation to the Third General Assembly of the United Nations in Paris, and subsequently served in Ottawa and as Director of Information at South Africa House in london. In he left the foreign service and since that time he has been a regular commentator on political affairs for the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Mr steward has published a bi-quarterly political journal, RSA World. " Please feel free to ask questions. Local postge will be R25 inc insurance Please look at my other book listings as I am happy to combine postage should you wish to purchase more than one item. 10% discount will be given for orders of 5 or more books packaged and posted together. Click the link below to see what other books I have for sale

2003. Hard cover with dust cover. 294 pages. Very good condition. Tightly bound, neat and clean. Under 1kg. Drawing on the archives of the National Army Museum, this book recreates the harsh reality of the Anglo-Zulu War - one of the most dramatic campaigns in British History. The Zulus were a fiercely independent and extremely brave warrior race. When the might of the British army was defeated by this indigenous foe at Isandlwana in 1879, it sent shock waves throughout the Empire - 1300 British troops and their African allies were killed. In the aftermath, Zulu reserves mounted a raid on a British border post at Rorke's Drift, which was held by just 145 men. After ten hours of ferocious fighting the Zulus were driven away. Eventually superior weaponry carried the day for the British, (though not before the exiled French prince, Louis Napoleon, was killed in skirmish). Invading Zululand, the British took the capital of Ulundi and 5000 British defeated 20,000 Zulus. King Cetewayo was captured and the war was over. Ian Knight draws on a host of previously unpublished letters and diaries, from ordinary soldiers to the British commander-in-chief, to bring this war to life - one which saw great acts of bravery an courage on both sides.